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New Program Director Named for AirMed 360

New Program Director Named for AirMed 360

(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) – AirMed International (AirMed) is thrilled to announce beginning May 1, Gabrielle Hosea will serve as the new program director for the AirMed 360 Commercial Medical Escort Service (AirMed 360). This program assists patients whose condition allows them to be repatriated by commercial transport, such as airplanes, trains and cruise lines. In this role, Hosea will oversee end-to-end quality care, logistics and vendor relations for these commercial medical transports on a global scale....read more

CAMTS Site Survey, June 2nd and 3rd, 2022

CAMTS Site Survey, June 2nd and 3rd, 2022

The purpose of the site visit will be to evaluate the program’s compliance with nationally established medical transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program....read more

GMR Activates More than 1,100 Personnel and 325 Ground and Air Assets in Response to Hurricane Laura

GMR Activates More than 1,100 Personnel and 325 Ground and Air Assets in Response to Hurricane Laura

As part of American Medical Response's (AMR) FEMA contract, GMR is deploying air and ground crews and medical transportation assets including more than 1,100 first responders, 300 ambulances, 15 helicopters, 10 airplanes and 131 paratransit units to help Louisiana communities devastated by the hurricane. Crews from GMR companies AMR, Air Evac Lifeteam, AirMed International, Eagle Med and Med-Trans Corp., have been deployed.  Latest deployment is in addition to GMR’s FEMA COVID-19 response in South Texas. Company is also providing medical support to firefighters and conducting evacuations because of wildfires in California.  ...read more

AirMed International Invests in Expanding Global Fleet

AirMed International Invests in Expanding Global Fleet

(Birmingham, Ala.) - AirMed International today announced that it has added a medically configured Hawker 800XP aircraft to its Birmingham, Ala. base. The dedicated medical transport aircraft joins two other AirMed owned and operated Hawker jets based at Birmingham International Airport....read more

CAMTS Site Survey, May 9th & 10th

CAMTS Site Survey, May 9th & 10th

The purpose of this site visit will be to evaluate the program’s compliance with nationally established transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program....read more

AirMed Teams with MedFlight Advantage Global

AirMed Teams with MedFlight Advantage Global

AirMed International, the premier global air ambulance and medical solutions company, has announced a new partnership with MedFlight, the long-standing non-profit air and ground medical transportation service based in Ohio. This new, unique air and ground medical transportation membership program is called MedFlight Advantage.™ ...read more